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Would Mandatory Conscription work in the United States ?
Posted on 2/18/17 at 3:40 pm
Posted on 2/18/17 at 3:40 pm
As someone who is in their early 20s. I don't see a problem with making 18 years old serve in the US military for a 1 to 2 year period.
It would increase the number of GI Bills given and it would create a more responsible generation of young adults.
However, what are some of the problems a system like this would cause? Or more specifically, what opposition could a Right Wing President face imposing a new law of this magnitude ( it would take a Republican to pass this).
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Posted on 2/18/17 at 3:43 pm to volod
We want to waste less money, not more
Posted on 2/18/17 at 3:44 pm to volod
1 to 2 years is almost useless unless you do something like tent repair.
Posted on 2/18/17 at 3:44 pm to volod
I would have benefited greatly from this, but it should not be mandatory. Plus, we already have a bunch of people who hate America and I would not really want to fight next to them because of their possible lack of conviction.
Posted on 2/18/17 at 3:45 pm to volod
It's a retarded idea. When someone suggests it as a realistic or practical idea, I know not to take them seriously.
Posted on 2/18/17 at 3:45 pm to volod
quote:we don't need that big a standing military
As someone who is in their early 20s. I don't see a problem with making 18 years old serve in the US military for a 1 to 2 year period.
quote:oh, more freebies -- I should've known
It would increase the number of GI Bills given
go back to trolling the OT
Posted on 2/18/17 at 3:45 pm to volod
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However, what are some of the problems a system like this would cause?
Spontaneous Combustion of every Snowflake alive. Then add the cost of the cleanup of the mess the combustion would make. Then u got lawsuits over the liability of their deaths. There would be no one left to stand in oncoming traffic. Or make $5 coffee
The amount of empty basements for lease could potentially crash the housing market too
ETA: I don't agree with OP in the slightest. Just fun to imagine the massive melt from freeloaders
This post was edited on 2/18/17 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 2/18/17 at 3:46 pm to volod
No, and whether this carries any weight or not, this is coming from a veteran. Why would want someone who doesn't want to serve the country, and may even be hostile towards the country, to serve the country? I served with enough zeroes, that volunteered, to know that we certainly shouldn't force anyone. JMO.
Posted on 2/18/17 at 3:46 pm to volod
Too many lazy fatass kids addicted to adderall and other mind altering drugs for that to work.
Posted on 2/18/17 at 3:47 pm to northshorebamaman
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1 to 2 years is almost useless unless you do something like tent repair.
I get what you are saying, but I am basing this off of the Israeli and Italian conscription model
Posted on 2/18/17 at 3:48 pm to ZZTIGERS
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No, and whether this carries any weight or not, this is coming from a veteran. Why would want someone who doesn't want to serve the country, and may even be hostile towards the country, to serve the country? I served with enough zeroes, that volunteered, to know that we certainly shouldn't force anyone. JMO.
Agreed. It would most certainly degrade the Armed Forces capabilities and readiness
Posted on 2/18/17 at 3:48 pm to volod
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Would Mandatory Conscription work in the United States ?
Yes, it was called the draft, but wtf is the point of having conscription unless we are in a world war?
Posted on 2/18/17 at 3:48 pm to Brosef Stalin
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Too many lazy fatass kids addicted to adderall and other mind altering drugs for that to work.
Lol, no shite. Can u imagine the waivers they'd have to write?
Posted on 2/18/17 at 3:49 pm to Kafka
how the frick is the GI bill a freebie
Posted on 2/18/17 at 4:03 pm to volod
I'm with you..would help undisciplined, troubled, fatherless men immensely while having the "privileged" kids give back at the same time..
Posted on 2/18/17 at 4:04 pm to shamrock
Our country needs something for us to have in common in order to make our population more homogenous in the future. This would be a good start and just make it a year.
Posted on 2/18/17 at 4:05 pm to volod
Mandatory =/= Freedom. The founding fathers were against mandatory service, so that's good enough for me if nothing else is.
Posted on 2/18/17 at 4:07 pm to Kafka
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oh, more freebies -- I should've known
It didn't feel free at the time and in my day you had to pay into it.
Posted on 2/18/17 at 4:11 pm to volod
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I get what you are saying, but I am basing this off of the Israeli and Italian conscription model
Well, as a career soldier, I would hate dealing with an unending stream of short timer privates. I worked with conscripts in Korea and most of them weren't worth a shite.
This post was edited on 2/18/17 at 4:12 pm
Posted on 2/18/17 at 4:13 pm to northshorebamaman
quote:It wasn't for me.
1 to 2 years is almost useless unless you do something like tent repair.
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